Wheeled can-carrier.



J. P POWERS.- WHEELED CAN CARRIER. APPLICATION man m! 9. 191?.

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Patented. Dec. 11,, 1911' m. POWERS. WHEELED CAN CARRIER. APPLICATION FILED MAY 9, I91?- 2 SHEETSSHEET 2- '14? @wvewtoa.

JOHN P. POWERS :Pmmd Dec. 11,1917.-

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To all wkome't'mdy tomem Be it known that;I,jJoHN Pfi'Pownns, a citizenofthe UnitedStates, residing at Ossining, in the county of Westchester and: State of New York; have invented; certain :new and useful Improvements Wheeled Can- Carriers, of which the following; is a speci fic'ation, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. g l

This invention-relates to trucks or carriers, and particularly" tof trucks or carriers designed to 'supportgarbage cans, cans, or the eansnsedby street sweepers to carry sweepings. I g {Th "general obj ect of the invention is to providea carrier tr this character having a handle which niay be adjusted to shit.

dili'erent operators. e g s f rther fobject otthe invention isto provide a carrier "of this character which isweryfsi nply made and in whiclrthe parts are "cheaply construoted and readily e as; seinloled. j A? furtheroloject, istoprovide a carrier or truck I of this character which i may be formed to snpport either 1 one or two cans. 7 Another object is to "provide improved means for connecting the axle to the plat form supporting eraamt saia means also providing for theljattachnlent of a] handle toithe truck. Another j object is brackets for wheels. a e e Other objects will appear in thefconrse of the'followingdescription. My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein g a fFignr e l is a perspective VlGW I of dear-j rier constructed in accordance with 1ni entijon, the near 'wjh eehof 'thef carrier beto preview improved ng e ront axle and ins a a Fig, 2 is a side, elevation'ofa :doulole car- 1 Fig; 3 is top plan view thereof; *Figf is atop plan Yiew oftliehracket o urpe i e i h 'j o b l a a Fig, 5] is an elevation of the clamp for connecting the handle to"the 1support1ng f m efl rfj g 5 Fig. 6 is a perspect ve; Yiewf of the con}- striiction shown; in Fig. ,5. f 7

Referring to thesefdrawings, 10 designates a platform which is cons ructed of; angle iron side pieces 11 "and an angle iron cross fibeificdtionlof l e e t n Patentedlmecrll lm t. "nppneatitn filed May 9, 191% sesame-mass;

piece" 12, with intermediate {transversely e25 tending members, and extendingfiip from V the" angle iron members 11 are the supportinghangers 13 having down i ardly eXtend ing divergent legs, \vhich legsareattaohed attheir lowerends to the angleirons'll. These hangers are, will be seen, 'approxi mately V -shaped and engage over the transverse axle 14c, whichis held from rotation and which carries the wheels 1'5, these wheels being"relativelylarge. r J

Attached to the members} llfand extending upward and forward therefrom, are the standards 16 which at their npperends are riveted or otherwise attached to a, semicircnlar band; 17, this band proj ecting for ward beyond the members 16. Attached to the rearniost portion ofthis' band isa semicircular brace ,18, whichis riveted ats its uppermost portion to the middle of the band 17 and whose legs extend downwardly laterally and are, bent at theirlower ends tofor'in clamps 19*:'idapted toembrace the aXle '14: and hold the axle from rotation, the clampingaction' being secured byrneans of a bolt 20 oneachflclainp, as plainly evident from Fig. 1.

An approximately U shapedhandle 21 is provided, which is preferably formed of iron pipe, and thishandleis adjustably connected to the downwardly and; forwardly ektendinglegs of; the hangers 13 means ofafclalnping member, deslgnate'dgenen ally; 22. Y This clamping member isff ornield ofaflatpiece of sheet metal, such as sheet steel, which is riveted or, otherwise attached "themei'nber 22 is a laterally"extending-an:

gularly disposed portion "25, formed to provide [the *Tupwardly extending bp'positely disposed jaws 26, which are urged into clamping engagement by means of a bolt 27. These jaws 26 are inaliiiement with an axle opening26 and are adaptedto "receive and extend around the axle 14; andio clamp thereon,"thus rigidly connecting the hang. ers 13 toithea'xle" 14: For' the'purpose of supporting the front axle 28, I provide the downwardly extending .;brackets .29, which. are attached to the forward ends of the members 11, these brackets being preferably of sheet metal and the lower margin of the sheet metal. being angularly bent as at and then formed to provide the upwardly extending oppositely disposed "jaws 31,

which are urged into clamping engagement on the, axlei28ifby means of bolts 32. The upper endfof each bracket 29 is angularly bent as at '33, for attachment to the horizontalfiangesofthe angle irons 11. For the purpose of holding the can or like container upon the platform and within the semi-circular member17, I may attach to on'e endof the semi-circular member a vchain 34, the other end of the sem1-c1rcular member being formed with aperforation the chain havingahook. I

vention designedito support two cams, the axletlt extendingibetween the cans. V The only vdifieren'ce betweenthe formillustrated in this last named figure and that previously -1Fig. 2 I show ,another form of the indescribed, is th'at'thehanger 13 ha's its legs disposed at an obtuse ang with relation to eachother and attached to the platform adjacent its forwardend and, at its rear end,

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'erence. numerals and that the U shape'd brace 18 is omitted andthe semi circular bands l7 are disposed reversely to each other andriveted together as at 361' Inasmuch as in. other respects the construction illustrated inFig; '2 isexactly the same as that first described, I have used like referencenumerals tolthose in Fig, 1,

except that exponents areused withthe ref- 1 Figs 2 and .,Y hi indicate changedpartsp will be seen thatthis; construction is very cheaply made, thatit may. be readily assembl.ed,.andthat the [various parts of d my invention, what I ingmembers disposed upon the downwardly and forwardlyextending legs'of the hang- ,ers, and a U-shaped member having its legs adjustably disposed insaid clamping memberswhereby the handle may be shifted longitudinally; h i j 7 .2. In a device of the character described, a platform, wheels operatively mounted uponthe forward end of the platform, an axle extending transversely of and above the platform and having wheels, V-shaped hangers having the lower ends of their legs attached to the platform, said hangers engaging with and over the axle, means'mounted upon the hangers operatively engaging the axle, braces attached to the platform and to the hangers and extendingupward therefrom, a U-shaped horizontally disposed band havingitsends attached to the braces, a handle operatively connected to the hangers, and a chainconnected to one end of the U-shaped band and vadapted to beconnected to the other end of the U-shaped band.

3. In a device of the character described, a platform, wheelsoperatively mounted upon the forward end of the platform, an axle extending transverselyacross the platform and spaced fromit, V-shaped hangers having their legs attached at their lower ends to thesides of'the platform, said hangers extendin 'over and being engaged over the axle, w eels on the axle, means on said hangers engaging the axle, a Urshaped handle operatively engaged with the legs of said hangers and extending upward and rearward, upward and forwardly extending braces attached to the, platform. andto' the hangers, an approximately semi-circular bandattached adj acent its ends to the upper ends of the braces, and a U-shaped brace attached at its upper end to the middle of the semi-circular band and at its lower ends having clamping members clampingly engaging said axle.

4." In a truck, a platform, a front axle having wheels, and axle supporting means connected to the front end of the platform comprising oppositely disposed sheet metal brackets, each bracket at its lower end being laterally bent and formed to provide oppositely disposed integral jaws embracing the axle, the bolts holding the jaws inclamping engagement therewith. v

5. In a truck'of the character described, a platform, an axle extending transversely of the platform and carrying supporting wheels, V-shaped hangers having the lower ends" of their legs attached to the platform, the axle passing through the apices of the hangers, sheet metal clamping members mounted upon the downward and forwardly extending legs, each comprising a base portion' having ateach end a pair of integral confronting jaws and having at its middle a lateralextension, formed at its ends with integral confronting jaws adapted to embrace theraxle, bolts whereby the-jaws may be forcedinto clamping engagement, and a U-shaped handle having its ends inserted through the first named jaws.

6. In a truck of the character described, eo

a platform, an axle extending transversely of Whereby'said bent ends may be urged into 10 the platform and carrying supporting clamping engagement on the axle.

Wheels, hangers Connecting the truck With In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my the axle, a semi-circular band operatively signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

supported above the latforrn in arallel relation thereto, a U-shaped brace d isposed I JOHN POWERS in a vertical plane having its middle con- Witnesses: nected to the band and its ends bent to sur- M; E. DONOHUE, round the axle and clamp thereon, andbo1ts L. M. DANDO.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patezitm.

Washington. D. C." 

